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HEUBLEIN v. CAPITAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, INC.

434 Mass. 698 (2001)

HEUBLEIN, INC. v. CAPITAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Quarles, III (J. Charles Mokriski with him) for the plaintiff.

Robert S. Frank, Jr., for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Louis A. Cassis for Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Massachusetts, Inc.

Craig J. Tiedemann & John J. Tangney, Jr., for Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.

Gerald J. Caruso & Carlene A. Pennell for Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.

Evan T. Lawson for Chas. Gilman & Sons, Inc., & another.

Present: GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

CORDY, J.

Heublein, Inc. (Heublein),1 is a Connecticut corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, producing, and distributing a number of nationally known wines and spirits.2 Benziger Family Ranch Associates (Benziger) was a smaller, partner-owned, and largely family-operated wine business based in California, which, in just over one decade, had managed...

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